Acid-base reactions, such as this one, can also be classified as which type of reaction?

NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) → NaCl(aq) + H2O(l)

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Responses

single replacement
single replacement

synthesis
synthesis

decomposition
decomposition

double replacement

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
6 hours ago

The given reaction:

NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) → NaCl(aq) + H2O(l)

is classified as a double replacement reaction. In this type of reaction, the components of the two reacting compounds exchange places to form two new compounds.